Colorado hosts Cartier and Colorado State

Colorado State Rams (6-3) at Colorado Buffaloes (4-5, 0-2 Pac-12)

Boulder, Colorado; Thursday, 9 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Colorado State visits the Colorado Buffaloes after Patrick Cartier scored 23 points in Colorado State's 88-83 loss to the Northern Colorado Bears.

The Buffaloes have gone 2-1 at home. Colorado is sixth in the Pac-12 scoring 71.3 points while shooting 42.5% from the field.

The Rams play their first true road game after going 6-3 with a 1-2 record in neutral-site games to begin the season. Colorado State is second in the MWC with 17.6 assists per game led by Isaiah Stevens averaging 4.0.

TOP PERFORMERS: KJ Simpson is scoring 16.2 points per game and averaging 5.2 rebounds for the Buffaloes. Tristan da Silva is averaging 12.0 points and 4.2 rebounds while shooting 48.3% for Colorado.

Stevens averages 2.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Rams, scoring 16.5 points while shooting 57.1% from beyond the arc. John Tonje is averaging 15 points and 6.1 rebounds for Colorado State.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.